Read article 'A labour of love'
Read article 'A labour of love'
In a clinical world-first, a proton beam has been used to treat a patient with a ventricular tachycardia, which causes unsynchronised electrical impulses that prevent the heart fro...
Researchers at Diamond Light Source and other synchrotron facilities are using intense X-rays to decipher the biochemical and structural makeup of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for the dev...
Activities are gathering pace at two sites in Europe where the Einstein Telescope, a proposed next-generation gravitational-wave observatory, may be built.
Read about 'In focus: detector technology'
A retrospective of 60 years’ coverage of detector technology in CERN Courier
Read article 'Particle physicists propose stripped-down ventilator to help combat COVID-19'
The proposal, led by physicists and engineers from LHCb, is one of several being developed to meet growing demand for ventilators.
Read article 'HL-LHC superconducting quadrupole successfully tested'
Advanced niobium-tin accelerator magnets for the LHC upgrade developed at US labs and CERN are also carving a path towards future energy-frontier colliders.
Read article 'MICE demonstrates muon cooling'
Physicists have taken a step towards demonstrating the technical feasibility of a muon collider.
Read article 'Linacs pushed to the limit in Chamonix'
Linac applications discussed at High Gradient 2019 ranged from CLIC to XFELs and medical accelerators.
Read article 'Brookhaven to host Electron-Ion Collider'
If approved, the new machine will reuse infrastructure from the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider.
Read article 'Kirkby bags aerosol award'
Kirkby originated the CLOUD experiment at CERN.
Read article 'Taking the temperature of collider calorimetry'
Michele Livan and Richard Wigmans have written an up-to-date introduction to both the fundamental physics and the technical parameters.
Read article 'US proposal teases FCC-ee energy boost'
Accelerator physicists in the US have proposed an alternative approach to the design of the proposed Future Circular electron-positron Collider using energy-recovery linacs.
Read article 'FPGAs that speak your language'
FPGAs can now be programmed in C++ and Java, bringing machine learning and complex algorithms within the scope of trigger-level analysis.
Read article 'Superconductivity heats up in Dresden'
A better understanding of the role of magnetic flux trapping and impurities for RF losses has pushed state-of-the-art niobium to near its theoretical limit.
Read article 'Cooling experts head to Siberia'
Beam-cooling results from the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment were shown at COOL'19.
Read article 'Accelerating magnet technology'
Superconducting magnet technology has fuelled some of the greatest discoveries in high-energy physics and is at the core of existing and next-generation circular particle accelerat...
Read about 'In focus: vacuum technology'
A retrospective of 60 years’ coverage of vacuum technology in CERN Courier
